Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!traffic.rutgers.edu!kaldis From: kaldis@traffic.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Objetris Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 90 11:26:00 GMT References: Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 In article cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes: > porter@caip.rutgers.edu (Adam Porter) writes: >> When I hit return on the opening screen, my 386SX just hangs. > Same here on my 286. I think a ^A is printed to the screen, and then... > lockup so tight, I have to punch the BRB (Big Red Button). I tried > Ctrl-Alt-Ins (for HotBoot) and Ctrl-Alt-Del, but no result. The program works fine for me. Perhaps you have the wrong screen? (I think it needs at least an EGA). The reason you have to hit the "Big Red Button" is that the program locks up while interrupts are disabled. -- Theodore A. Kaldis | "Perhaps we may +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | frighten away email: kaldis@topaz.rutgers.edu | the ghost of so UUCP: {...}!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!kaldis | many years ago U.S. Snail: P.O. Box #1212, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 | with a little ex-Ma Bell: (908) 283-4855 (voice) | illumination . . ."